Maternal Fetal Medicine services offered

Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists care for both mother and fetus in complicated pregnancies in partnership with your primary care provider, obstetrician, or midwife. As a member of the Fetal Care Network, we collaborate with a wide variety of specialists from Phoenix Children’s Hospital—including neonatologists, pediatric surgeons and pediatric cardiologists—to provide the best possible outcome for you and your baby or babies.

All of Dignity Health Medical Group’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists are fellowship trained and board certified, you can be confident he or she meets nationally recognized standards for education, knowledge, experience and skills to provide high quality care in a specific medical specialty, above and beyond basic medical licensure.

 

 

24-hour in-hospital coverage

Antenatal testing services

Collaboration with other healthcare providers

Fetal care services

Fetal echo

Genetic testing and counseling

Gestational diabetic education and management

High-risk pregnancy consultation services

Invasive and non-invasive diagnostic testing

Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (highest level in the state)

Maternal transport service covering all of Arizona including rural areas

OB ultrasound (basic and comprehensive)

Preconception counseling

 

Risk Factors for perinatal care:

Abnormal pregnancy testing

Anemia in pregnancy

Amniotic band syndrome

Advanced Maternal Age (AMA)

Bleeding and clotting disorders

Congenital heart conditions

Diabetes

Family history of birth defects or genetic conditions

Gastroschisis/omphalocele

Heart conditions and high blood pressure

Maternal health conditions

Multiple births

Neural tube defects/hydrocephalus

Premature ruptured membranes

Urinary tract obstruction

Thrombocytopenia

Placenta accreta

Placenta previa

Pre-eclampsia 

Comprehensive approach

In collaboration with Phoenix Children’s Hospital and the Fetal Care Network, our Fetal Care unit is one of just a few comprehensive centers in the United States. Our focus on high-risk obstetrics and our high patient volume keep us at the forefront of treatment advances in maternal fetal medicine. Our specialists will work with you to tailor a care plan unique to your situation.

Fetal Heart Center
In collaboration with Phoenix Children’s Hospital, our center provides comprehensive care for fetal congenital heart disease. We consider our patients and their referring provider a part of the care team. We offer one-time consultation and ongoing collaborative care. We can assume the primary cardiovascular care role if that is in accordance with the wishes of the family and its providers.

Fetal Heart Conditions Treated

  • Critical aortic stenosis
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) with restrictive atrial septum
  • Critical pulmonary stenosis
  • Fetal arrhythmia
  • Ventricle defects

Fetal Congenital Heart Center Services

  • Fetal echocardiography
  • Fetal magnetocardiography
  • Onsite labor and delivery facilities

Fetal Congenital Heart Center Services

  • Fetal echocardiography

  • Fetal magnetocardiography

  • Onsite labor and delivery facilities